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Karlyn Pickens' parents shed light on Tennessee's record-breaking pitcher, Smokey's journey
Tennessee ace Karlyn Pickens handles a lot of pressure, but her parents help keep her grounded through record-breaking ...
Tennessee softball's 7-run first means Karlyn Pickens pitches just one inning in WCWS rout of Florida
Tennessee softball crushed Florida in an 11-3 run-rule win on May 30 to stave off elimination in the Women's College World ...
Oklahoma will face hard-throwing Karlyn Pickens in quest for 5th straight Women's CWS title
The Oklahoma Sooners may face their toughest road yet as they seek a record fifth straight Women’s College World Series ...
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Karlyn Pickens by the numbers in College World Series against Oklahoma softball
Against Nebraska on May 24, Pickens set a record for the fastest pitch (79.4 mph) in NCAA softball history, breaking her own ...
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2025 WCWS: How Karlyn Pickens became softball's hardest thrower
OKLAHOMA CITY -- More than a decade before Tennessee's Karlyn Pickens fired the fastest softball pitch ever recorded, Dana Fussetti discovered an elementary school-aged pitcher and foretold a ...
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Tennessee softball's Karlyn Pickens, Oklahoma coach seen as standard-bearers heading into WCWS
Karlyn Pickens' increased velocity and improved mechanics are attributed to work with pitching coach Megan Rhodes Smith. ESPN analyst Amanda Scarborough noted Pickens' growth as an emotional ...